Noah's Wife

Sandy Eisenberg Sasso

Description

Nondenominational, Nonsectarian
Endorsed by Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish Religious Leaders

"Walk across the land and gather the seeds of all the flowers and all the trees. Take two of every kind of living plant....Work quickly. The rains begin tomorrow."

From award-winning author Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, a new story which lights our spiritual imaginations.

When God tells Noah to bring the animals of the world onto the ark, God also calls on Naamah, Noah's wife, to save each plant on Earth.

Entrusted with this task, Naamah sets off to every corner of the world, discovering a fabulous array of growing things, and gathering seeds, bulbs, cuttings, spores, and roots. She fills a room on the ark with every type of plant--from amaryllis, soybeans, and wheat to lilies, moss, and even dandelions. Then, after 40 long days and nights on the ark, the most important part of Naamah's work begins.

In this new story, based on an ancient text, Naamah's wisdom and love for the natural harmony of the earth inspires us to use our own courage, creativity, and faith to carry out Naamah's work today.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Philosophie et théologie
• Naamah
• Judaism

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 07 février 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781580237246
• Langue: English

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A Special Note to Parents and Teachers
Many stories in the Bible are well known, like those of Abraham and Isaac, Moses on Mount Sinai, and Joseph in Egypt. But other stories are only brief sketches and seem incomplete. We often wonder about what has been left out. When we read the Bible, we imagine what else the women and men in a story might have thought, said, or done.
Suppose you are reading the biblical story about Noah and the ark. You wonder who was Noah s wife. What was her name, her story? Suppose you give Noah s wife a name, Naamah, and tell that she gathered two of every seed, every living plant, and created a garden on the ark. When the flood receded she replanted the earth s garden. In imagining this explanation, you would be creating a type of story that in Hebrew is called midrash . Many such stories were told by our ancestors to enrich the Bible. In time, some of these were written down, and then they were read again and again until they began to feel very old, as if they were always part of tradition.
This story of Noah s wife is a modern midrash . You may use it to talk about the wisdom and courage of a woman and her role in saving the world from destruction. You may want to focus on the dandelions and the importance of caring for all living things, even those we might wish to ignore. The story may be the starting point of a conversation about our responsibility for caring for the earth. Most of all, the story of Naamah helps us to pause and take delight in the beauty of the natural world that surrounds us.
In memory of my father
Israel Eisenberg